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PATENTBD SEPT. 15,1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 15, 193

HENRY LATHROP STAFFORD, OF MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

MAILING-TUBE..`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,232, datedSeptember 15, 1903.

' Application iled January 27, 1903. Serial No. 140,766. (Nomodel.)

the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and highly-efficientmailing-tube so constucted as to insure the easy removal of an articleshipped therein without damaging the same or injuring the tube.

' The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claim'. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional Viewof a mailingtube constructed. in accordance with my invention. inner cupor receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the main tube or cylinder, ofcardboard or other preferred material. At or near one end the cylinderis provided with a stop or seat 2,

shown in the drawings as being in the form ble covering 4, preferablyconsisting of a strip piece of material in the form shown, or it may becomposed of two parts, the disk forming Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe the bottom and the cylindrical body portion being secured togetherin anypreferred manner. n

In practice the papers, drawings,vor other article to be transmitted arerolled into cy lcontacts with seat 2, after ywhich the covering 4 isturned inward or otherwise manipulated to properly lclose the cylinder.`Thus PATENT. OFFICE. v-

`the tube may be mailed without danger'of Y injury toits contents. Toremove the latter, the covering lis opened out and pressure applied by`thenger to the bottom of cup 5 through the adjacent end of thecylinder, whereupon the other end of the'article will be projected fromthe cylinder sufficiently far to permit of'its being grasped, and thuswholly Withdrawn. Should the cup fail to come with it, the same may beremovedlby means of a stick or pencil. Y

The advantages of my invention are apparent. The danger of injuring theinclosed roll in the insertion or removal thereof` from a mailing-tubeis entirely avoided, since such roll is held compact by the ferrule-likecup on one end thereof, which cup is always placed ,on the roll beforeinsertion of the. latter in the tube and is usually removed with theroll. The tendency of the latterbeing to expand, the cup avoids thebinding thereof against the tube at one end, permitting the removal andinsertion of the roll with perfect safety. The mailing-tube is composedof but and removed and which permit of ready inspection of the contentswithout damaging the latter or the tube. Furthermore, the latter iscapable of continued use.

I claim as'my invention- As an article of manufacture, a mailingtubecomprising an open-ended cylinder formed at one end with an internalseat, a

flexible covering secured to the other end of ticle being,r inclosedWithin the cylinder by the the cylinder and designed to be foldedtheresaid flexible covering. 1o in, and a removable cup or receptacle ofIn testimony whereof I affix my signature slightly less diameter thanthat of the cylinin presence of two Witnesses.

der, such cup being designed to accommodate HENRY LATHROP STAFFORD.

one end of the rolled article to be inclosed -VVitnesses'.:

Within the cylinder, and when inserted in the B. A. MAHER, latter bearagainst said seat, such rolled ar- WILLIAM S. I-IILL.

